Support for signs.



W. GUBOURN.

SUPPORT POR SIGNS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. 9, 191s.

1,102,001 Patented June 30,1914-J COPUMBIA PLANOORAPH C0.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

VI'LLIAM COBOURN, 0F ASHBOURNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUPPORT FOR SIGNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jun e 30, 1914.

Application led September 9, 1913. Serial No. 789,008.

T0 all lwhomz may conce/ra.'

Be it known that l, VILLIAM CoBoUnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashbourne, county of Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Support for Signs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists oi' an improved support for V-shaped signs, such as are commonly temporarily placed in windows of buildings by real-estate agents or others, in which the sign may be supported in the window-opening without the use of nails or similar securing means.

It further consists of a support which is adjustable to windows of varying sizes.

It further consists of other novel features oi' construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail one mechanical form embodying the invention, such detail construction being but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings-Figure l represents a top plan view of a sign secured by my improved support in a. window-frame, the jambe being illustrated in horizontal section. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section through the support. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section through the j ambs of the window frame and the support. Fig. 4 rep resents a detail view of one end of the brace and its fastening means.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numerals l indicate the ambs of a windowframe having the usual ways or guides, 2, 'for the sashes. Two bars, 3, are adapted to tit into said guides, and the leaves or wings, 4, of the V-shaped or eXpansible and contractible sign have their inner edges hinged to said bars. A telescoping brace or spreader isr formed by a rail, 5, having a longitudinal slot, 6, and by a rail, 7, movable in said slot, and said rails are formed with perforations, 8 and 9, respectively, through which a pin, 10, may pass. A strap, 1l, iits upon the slotted rail and is slidable upon the same. The ends of the rails have sockets, l2 and 13, respectively, and coiled springs, 14, are secured in said sockets. The end of the slotted rail 5 has a bolt 15, slidable in it and adapted to enter a socket, 16, in one of the Supporting bars 3. The supporting-bars are formed with sockets, 17, for the reception of the springs in the ends of the spreader.

In practice, the sign is placed in the window-frame to project outward and with the supporting bars in the guide-ways of the jambs. The springs in the ends of the spreader-rails are fitted into the sockets in said bars, and the rails are slid, one within the slot of the other, until they securely hold the bars in the guide-ways, whereupon the pin is inserted through the most nearly registering perfor-ations in the rails and the strap is slid over the end of the rail 7, to prevent the spreader from buckling. The sign will thus be securely but detachably held in the window-frame, and the perforations in the rails, the pin and the springs will admit of the device being applied to window-frames of varying widths. A cleat, 18, is secured to the side of the slotted rail to prevent outward buckling of the spreader when placing it in the window opening.

Other modes of applying the principle or" my invention may be substituted for the mode herein explained. Change may therefore be made as regards the mechanism thus disclosed, provided the principles of construction set forth respectively, in the following claims are employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character stated, a V-sign having the outer edges ot its leaves movably connected, supporting bars adapted to engage the guide-ways of a window-frame and having the inner edges of the leaves of said sign movably connected to them, and an expansible and contractible spreader adapted to have its ends engage said supporting bars. y

2. In a device of the character stated, a V- sign having the outer edges of its leaves movably connected, supporting bars adapted to engage the guide-ways of a window frame and havingthe inner edges of the leaves of the sign movably connected to them, a spreader adapted to have its ends engage such supporting bars, yielding means between said ends and said bars and means for adjusting the length of such spreader.

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3. In a device of the character stated, an

eXpansible and contractible sign, bars at the inner edges of such sign adapted to engage the guide-ways of a window-frame, and an expansible and contractible spreader between such bars.

4. In a device of the character stated, an expansible and contractible sign, bars at the inner edges of such sign and adapted to iit into the guide-Ways of a Windonfraine, a spreader for such bars and having means for longitudinally adjusting it and yielding means between one end of said spreader and one of said bars.

5. In a device of the character stated, a S-sign having the outer edges of its leaves inovably connected, bars adapted to engage the guide-Ways in the jai'nbs oli' a Windowranie and having the inner edges or' the leaves of the sign niovably connected to them and formed with sockets in their faces, and a spreader fol-ined by telescoping rails having means for connecting the saine in adjusted positions and having coiled springs in their ends adapted to engage the sockets in the Supporting bars.

6. In a device of the character' stated, a V-sign having the outer edges of its leaves inovably connected, supporting bars adapted to engage the guide-Ways in the jainbs or' a Window-frame and having the inner edges or". the leaves of the sign movably connecten to them and formed With sockets in their faces, a rail formed with a longitudinal. slot in one end and with perforations through the walls of said slot and having a socket in its other end, a rail adapted to telescope int-o said slot and formed with perforations and with a socket in its end, a pin adapted to pass through the perforations of said rails7 a strap embracing and slidable upon said rails, and yielding means in the sockets in the ends oi the rails and adapted to enter the sockets in the supporting bars.

7. ln a device of the character stated7 a V-sign having the outer edges of its leaves lnovably connected, supporting bars adapted to engage the guideovays in the jainbs of a window-frame and having the inner edges of the leaves ol the sign inovably connected to then] and formed with sockets in their faces, a rail forined With a longitudinal slot in one end and with perforations through the Walls ol said slot and having a socket in its other end, a rail adapted to telescope into said slot and formed With perforations and with a socket in its end, a pin adapted to pass through the perforations of said rails, a strap embracing and slidable upon said rails, yielding means in the sockets in the ends of the rails and adapted to enter the sockets in the supporting bars, and a cleat unon the outer side of the slotted rail.

WILLIAM GOBOURN.

Witnesses WM. SECHER, C. D. MCVAY.

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